Autoplay - how to abolish this monstrosity?

[Will]

This tedious thing keeps popping up no matter what I do. I have gone through all the painful options (why can't you just do
everything, hit Apply then its done I wonder???) and it still doesn't remember anything. Is there any way of abolishing this
nuisance? When I plug something in I want the computer to do absolutely nothing. Not to try to think for me. Not to try to guess.
Because its always wrong.

 

[Rich Barry]

Will, give this a try
http://www.sbslinks.com/967715.htm

 

[Bob I]

Have you already been through this document?

How to disable the Autorun functionality in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715

 

[John McGaw]

This tedious thing keeps popping up no matter what I do. I have gone
through all the painful options (why can't you just do everything, hit
Apply then its done I wonder???) and it still doesn't remember
anything. Is there any way of abolishing this nuisance? When I plug
something in I want the computer to do absolutely nothing. Not to try to
think for me. Not to try to guess. Because its always wrong.

I have no idea what your "painful options" are and I suspect that nobody
else does either. There are many articles online which purport to do what
you ask. The first example I found was:

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_really_disable_autoplay_in_windows_xp.html

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Update to the AutoPlay functionality in Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com:80/kb/971029

 

[Will]

This tedious thing keeps popping up no matter what I do. I have gone

I have no idea what your "painful options" are and I suspect that nobody
else does either. There are many articles online which purport to do what
you ask. The first example I found was:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_really_disable_autoplay_in_windows_xp.html

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